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The Hottest New (Again) In-Room Amenity

An old trend is round round again.

May 13, 2026
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The newly opened Experimental Marais (Paris, France) features in-room record players in all rooms.

In-room record players had their first hotel moment roughly 20 years ago, when turntables became shorthand for an edgy, youth-focused boutique hotel at the height of the hipster era. Today, they’ve returned with a very different meaning: part nostalgia, pa…

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